Congratulations, you’ve got a working node (and you’re a funcoinaire). But how different is it to Bitcoin? Or Ethereum? Or Monero? Or any of the flavors out there? What alternatives are there to Proof of Work? What are smart contracts? In this chapter we’ll explore the differences between funcoin and real production blockchains and try to quantify the distance between them.
Why blockchain engineering is hard
Blockchain engineering gives rise to some of the hardest problems in the realm of computer science mainly because they are decentralized: ...
